Vulnerability Name:

CCN-17931

Published:2004-10-22
Updated:2004-10-22
Summary:Microsoft Internet Explorer is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by a vulnerability in the MSHTML.DLL shared library, which is used for parsing HTML in Internet Explorer. A remote attacker could create a specially-crafted Web page, which would cause a NULL pointer dereference and the victim's Web browser to crash, once the link is clicked. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by hosting the malicious Web page on a Web site or by sending it to a victim as an HTML email.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Oct 22 2004 - 18:28:37 CDT
Update: Web browsers - a mini-farce (MSIE gives in)

Source: CCN
Type: BID-11510
Microsoft Internet Explorer Malformed HTML Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ie-mshtmldll-dos(17931)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0.2800.1106:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
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    microsoft ie 6.0.2800.1106